East-West Center Annual Report 2001

[ 23 ]Media ProgramJefferson Fellowships: Twenty-seven journalists from the United States and theAsia Pacific region participated in two sessions of the Jefferson Fellowships, aprogram of professional dialogue, study and travel for mid-career print andbroadcast journalists. Each session began with a week of lectures, discussion,professional exchange and personal study at the East-West Center.In the Spring 2001 session, seven Asia and Pacific journalists then participatedin a study tour to Washington, D.C., Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas, while theseven U.S. journalists visited Beijing, Hanoi and Tokyo. In the Fall 2001 session,nine Asia Pacific Fellows visited New York City, Washington, D.C., Baltimore,Maryland, and San Francisco, California, while the four U.S. journalists’ studytour took them to New Delhi, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.The Fellows met business, labor, government, arts, civic and social leaders.Following the study tours, the Fellows of each session re-convened at theEast-West Center to assess their experiences and to share their perceptions.Hong Kong Journalism FellowshipsJapan-United States Journalists’ Exchange 2001These two programs, the first scheduled to begin September 11, 2001, and thesecond, scheduled for October 2001, were postponed and re-scheduled for 2002.BriefingsPeople’s Daily: The Media Program hosted the Hawai‘i visit of a high-leveldelegation from People’s Daily, Beijing, headed by its (then) president, Bai Keming,a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The eightexecutives and reporters had a briefing at the East-West Center, a call on Hawai‘iGovernor Benjamin Cayetano, a meeting with U.S. Pacific Command officers anda dinner with business, government and academic leaders of the state.Mongolian Journalists: This group of State Department international visitorsincluded 15 senior Mongolian journalists visiting the United States on a program todiscuss investigative journalism and state politics. The group was briefed at the East-West Center on regional issues and met with Mongolian students at the Center.Korean Journalists: Two groups of Korean journalists visited the Center forbriefings and discussions on the political, economic and security situation in theAsia Pacific region. These groups were sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Commandand hosted at the Center by the Media Program as part of an effort to broadenSouth Korean media’s understanding of the region.Korean Officials and Journalists: Officials from the Ministry of NationalDefense of the Republic of Korea and 15 Korean journalists who cover theMinistry visited the East-West Center for briefings and discussion on politicaland security concerns in East Asia.■ Dennis Donahue is the EWC Media Program Coordinator.